[USMA:32300] RE: Gaining ground

[Stephen Humphreys]

Science and medicine (including dentristry) are predominantly metric.  I 
don't think anyone would argue with that as metric is the best system to use 
in that particular aspect/application.


From: "J. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Subject: [USMA:32297] Gaining ground
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:04:29 -0800
The signs are everywhere that the metric system is gaining ground.  My 
dentist was explaining enamel too me in millimeters.  A different dentist 
was explaining something to my wife about my daughter's teeth, also in 
millimeters.  No non-metric equivalent was given in either case.

I was just watching a documentary today filmed in Fort Worth.  A young man 
was buying a shirt in a department store.  The 60-ish Texan tailor measured 
him with a centimeter tape measure!

Then I was reading an article on CNN that gave the distance between two 
cities in kilometers (miles).